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Request #45105 Type Hinting cause Fatal error instead on NullPointorException
Submitted: 2008-05-27 08:56 UTC Modified: 2008-05-27 10:25 UTC
From: kingoleg at mail dot ru Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Feature/Change Request
PHP Version: 5.2.6 OS: Irrelevant
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2008-05-27 08:56 UTC] kingoleg at mail dot ru 
Description:
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In same cases type hinting cause Fatal Error. I think that in one case NullPoinor will be better.

Reproduce code:
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function foo(stdClass $a) {
}
foo(null);

Expected result:
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Exception is thrown

Actual result:
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Fatal error

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 [2008-05-27 09:54 UTC] derick@php.net 
There is no such thing as a NullPointer in PHP.
 [2008-05-27 10:25 UTC] kingoleg at mail dot ru 
Yes, I know, but there is Exception.

Is it really need any fatal error if there are exceptions in PHP?
 
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